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The Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy conducted an evaluation of the LINC Before and After School Program. The primary purpose of the evaluation was to document the development of the Before and After School Program and begin to ascertain its impact.
Among several key findings of the study was this:
"Our findings indicate that two exemplary aspects of the Program as a whole are the provision of, as well as LINC's constant attention to, good-quality care and the provision of school-age care to low-income children, who represent the majority of the 6,500 students participating in the Program. In both respects, LINC surpasses accomplishments of similar initiatives in several other cities."
The Methodology:
Fifteen of the 47 programs were selected to participate in the evaluation, which included observations, interviews, document review, and surveys completed by nearly 2,000 participants, including: LINC administrators and site advisers, coordinators, and staff in the 15 programs, students ages 5-9 and 10-13 years (the two groups responded to slightly different questionnaires) enrolled in the programs, parents or legal guardians of participating students, and principals and teachers in the host schools.
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